 I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks,...  The human mind, a discourse on its acquirements and history - Page 286by Stephen Watson Fullom - 1858Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1870 - 312 pages
...an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, und superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 pages
...years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. " In my infant and boyish days, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family [Betty Davidson, a relation by the mother's side,] remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition.... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 280 pages
...resided in the family the boy learned a great deal of his fairy lore. He says in his " Confessions " : " She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning davils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spimkies, kelpies, elf-candles,... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875 - 272 pages
...a great influence in the development of his poetical faculty : " In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1876 - 540 pages
...years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. " In my infant and boyish days, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family [Betty Davidson, a relation by the mother's side,] remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1880 - 1024 pages
...years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 786 pages
...element in his education may be best told in his own words : — " In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 816 pages
...element in his education may be best told in his own words:—" In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection... | |
 | Allan Cunningham, Charles Mackay - 1879 - 628 pages
...years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verba, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection... | |
 | 1880 - 812 pages
...old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition, fihe had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and ,sonfs, concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, gpunkies, kelpies, elf candles,... | |
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